Oliver Hospitality broke ground Oct. 26 on the redevelopment of the old Hotel Aiken building in downtown Aiken, South Carolina. Ethan Orley, managing partner, and Craig Bradford, senior vice president for development, rode up on horseback along Bee Lane.
“Today marks the moment that Hotel Aiken moves from conversations, council meetings, votes, planning and drawings into reality,” Bradford said, according to the Aiken Standard.
The Nashville-based company plans to add a three-story building to the Gilded Age hotel, which has sat empty for over a decade. After the ceremony, Orley told the Aiken Rotary Club that the Oliver Hotel will open by March 1, 2028, at the latest…